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USA Today readers picked two local spas as the best. Why they were picked
Two of the nation's Top 10 spa resorts are located within an hour's drive of Somerset County, according to USA Today's 10Best Readers' Choice awards results announced July 10. Nemacolin in Farmington, Fayette County, and Omni Bedford Springs, in Bedford County, were voted fifth and seventh, respectively, in the online poll of 10Best...
TEEN PREDATOR FEAR: Man Accused of Paying Teen in Cash and Drugs for Revenge Killing May Face Death Penalty
A 14-year-old boy allegedly shot and killed a Pennsylvania man last spring. Over a year later, prosecutors announced another man has been arrested for allegedly paying the reported shooter in drugs and money to commit the crime, RadarOnline.com has learned.According to court documents obtained by the Observer-Reporter, the teen, Antonyo Owens, is accused of gunning down 38-year-old Anthony Jones near a church in Uniontown around 11:30 a.m. on June 6, 2023, Front Page Detectives reported.Owens was arrested five days later and charged as an adult with criminal homicide, officials said.Now, prosecutors say that 38-year-old Calvin Jay Huffman hired Owens to...
Pink Ribbon group at Shoot
Angie Shaffer, Mick Gordon, Nicole Abbot, and Amy Waltower from the Bedford County Pink Ribbon Fund count money at the 2023 Shoot for Life event in Everett. This year’s Shoot for Life is scheduled for Saturday and once again benefits the Pink Ribbon Fund. — Photo submitted.
"Awaken" Bedford County Tent Revival
Awaken Bedford County Tent Revival is happening on August 9 and 10 at the Southern Cove Power Reunion Grounds. The address is 145 Cave Road, New Enterprise, PA. Gates will open at 9 a.m. and the first service begins at 10 a.m. They will break for lunch and resume at 6 p.m. for the evening service.
Vikings topple Buffaloes in GEFA Championships, 62-28
KUTZTOWN — It was a highly-anticipated rematch from the Week 9 matchup undefeated Moshannon Valley and the 1-loss Bedford County Buffaloes in the Keystone Bowl, which is the championship game for the Great Eastern Football Association (GEFA). The Buffaloes kept the game within reach for most of the first...
Former Bedford DA has license suspended
The former Bedford County District Attorney, who is now an attorney with Fleming Law Office in Altoona, will have her law license suspended for two years effective Aug. 15. The move to suspend Lesley Rae Childers-Potts was announced Tuesday by the Disciplinary Board of the state Supreme Court and stems from four cases while Childers-Potts was acting as district attorney in Bedford County, court documents state.
Another stretch of 90s on the way
Hot and humid for Sunday with with highs in the low to mid 90s. showers and thunderstorms will become more likely late Sunday evening with better chance come Mondays. The 90s are with us into the middle of the week! The heat and humidity will peak for Monday and tuesday with highs in the 90s […]
Bedford Children and Youth Services expand to larger office
BEDFORD, Pa. (WTAJ) — Bedford County Children and Youth Services (CYS) is upgrading their work environment — a transition that county officials feel is overdue. On Tuesday, Bedford County commissioners approved the relocation of the department from its current office inside the county courthouse to a larger space only a brief walk down the road, […]
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